Overlap in roosting habits of Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) and northern bats (Myotis septentrionalis)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-123

  Timpone, John C ^a   Boyles, Justin G ^a,b   Murray, Kevin L ^a,c   Aubrey, Doug P ^a,d   Robbins, Lynn W ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Miami   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FITNESS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; NICHE PARTITIONING; SURVIVAL; SYMPATRY; TELEMETRY;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EPTESICUS NILSSONI; MYOTIS; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS; MYOTIS SODALIS;

EID: 72849152459     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-163.1.115     Document Type: Article

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